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Friend fears woman influenced killer$ a9 e$ {# h! V4 x y: u
Victim's text message said some passengers were taking ecstasy
7 s8 G6 U! y3 z7 ~By: Mike McIntyre
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' F% R) Y9 k! rUpdated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 1 q9 K' {3 n& O* ~) R5 B/ q7 k5 ^0 A
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Print Article E-mail Article ShareThisThe seeds for Tim McLean's brutal murder on board a Greyhound bus last week may have been planted when the accused killer, Vince Li, spent nearly an hour chatting up the victim's female co-worker during their ride through western Manitoba, the Free Press has learned.
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, S9 U# T, G' \6 p, s. }8 r% qLi, 40, took a seat at the front of the bus beside the woman after getting on board in Brandon. The pair chatted and were even seen smoking cigarettes together during a rest stop.
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3 h5 a# m/ t9 m$ JAs the bus resumed its ill-fated journey towards Winnipeg, Li suddenly moved to the back of the bus and sat down beside McLean, who was listening to his headphones and apparently asleep.2 m3 O' U M: l- ?
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It was just moments later that Li allegedly began stabbing McLean repeatedly with a large hunting knife, eventually severing his head, defiling his body and holding police at bay for a couple of hours after passengers scrambled off the bus.7 z. c6 q8 x# K% ?# \6 R8 s4 X8 [
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McLean's family and friends don't believe Li's change-of-seating was a coincidence. And they question why he was charged with second-degree murder and not first-degree murder, which indicates planning and premeditation.
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"I have this unbelievably strong feeling that him sitting beside Stacy had something to do with this," McLean's former girlfriend, Alexandra Storey, told the Free Press in an exclusive interview Monday.
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3 {) A" H* x/ u8 M4 @! `Tim and Stacy had become friends while working together at various western Canadian fairs through North American Midway Entertainment. They were travelling together to Winnipeg -- although seated separately in different areas of the bus -- and had planned to meet up with a mutual friend in the city before all heading back out to British Columbia.
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1 T% H3 e5 S5 @ K, iMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.: p" X5 q, H' e9 V4 [/ z
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They only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.
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A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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